His temper tantrum when he can’t play, like a child, surprisingly reminds me inexplicably of Chen Yuzhou, but of course, he is not as vicious as Chen Yuzhou.
But that doesn’t mean I’m afraid of him either. I can train a soldier with a bigger temper than his to be obedient.
I laughed, “You don’t obey me.”
Frustrated, Liu Hao pulled out a stool and sat down.
“Don’t bullsh*t me, just toss me around as much as you like, just leave me alone.”
“These brothers have been with you for so long, and this is how you treat them?”
Liu Hao sneered, “These are all my brothers who were born into death, you don’t need to stir up trouble here.”
I said, “You also know that these are your brothers who were born to die, can they not be on your side if you treat me like this? But think about it, this is an order from Chief Zhou himself, if you all don’t cooperate with me, then you are not giving him face. Will Commissioner Zhou do anything to you? Come on, at most he’ll scold you, you’re his close friend, he won’t do anything to you. But what about these brothers of yours, just because you gambled for a moment and offended the big leader, you have wasted your career.”
“And you say you didn’t stir up trouble.”
Liu Hao’s mouth was fierce, but his eyes were already exposed, and he gave everyone a worried glance.
Someone said loudly, “Captain, don’t think too much, no matter what, we’ll follow you.”
It was fine if he didn’t say anything, but once he did, Liu Hao’s attitude changed completely.
“You don’t have to push, what do you want?”
“You don’t want me to meddle, and I don’t want to meddle either. But whoever let the matter come to us, let’s solve the case together, I can share all the clues I find with you, whoever catches the suspect first, wins. It’s up to you whether you dare to bet against me.”
Liu Hao sneered, “How old are you and still so childish, why should I bet with you?”
“You are a criminal police officer, are you still afraid that you will lose to me?”
“Cut, I can be afraid of you? I don’t have the f*cking time to play with you. Old Zhou this is nonsense, you’re not even in our public security system, how can you be involved in these confidential cases.”
I laughed, “How about if you shout out loud right now that I’ve lost, I’ll immediately go and tell Bureau Zhou that I’m withdrawing from the investigation and not being a consultant on this, how about that?”
“You’re sick, aren’t you, on what basis can you say I’ve lost?”
“If you don’t dare to bet, you don’t lose.”
“Zhang Chao!” Liu Hao took his hand and pointed at my nose, “Who said I didn’t dare? I’m too lazy to play such a childish game with you, what if you lose?”
“I lose, there’s no way I’ll lose, I’m at your disposal if I lose.”
“Heh, it’s a deal, let’s all be witnesses. If you lose, Zhang Chao, you will go to the biggest square in Ning City and shout three times that I have lost to Liu Hao.”
I laughed bitterly in my heart helplessly, sure enough, this kind of person is so childish that he can be aroused by three words.
Liu Hao held out his little thumb to me, to pull the hook with me.
I twisted my head and went straight around to the front of the computer.
“You’re f*cking scared now?” Liu Hao came after me, sneering.
“Are you childish? Still pulling the hook, let’s get started, I’ve got a clue, I’d better crack this case before we eat dinner today.”
“So soon?” Liu Hao subconsciously exclaimed, pinching his nose nervously.
“Don’t you fool around, we don’t have so much time to waste with you.” Liu Hao grabbed my shoulders and turned around, “Zhang Chao, you went back last night and didn’t do any investigation at all, what clues can you have now?”
In front of so many brothers, if I really let me win, Liu Hao would be downright embarrassed.
I said, “How could I not have investigated?”
“You went back to bed last night and didn’t go to any scene at all, I was there all night and didn’t see you at all.”
“Oh, so you were at the scene all night, did you find out anything?”
Liu Hao’s temper was bad, but he was quite serious in the matter of solving the case, when he heard me ask, he looked at a female police officer wearing glasses and said, “Zhou Ran, you speak.”
After smiling coyly at me, the policewoman said, “Advisor Zhang, last night I went to the scene with Team Liu. We interviewed several eyewitnesses, and they all said that after Yu Shen fell, he walked away on his own. He probably fell under that high-speed pillar at the Yunqi intersection. We went to the scene and saw that the bushes there did show signs of being crushed. But strangely enough, there was no blood at the scene.”
Liu Hao made a gesture for her to pause: “What Zhou Ran said is not accurate, it’s not that there is no blood, there is blood from abrasions, but there is no sign of bleeding from the beatings. And this is a photo of the scene.”
Liu Hao touched a photo from the table and handed it to me.
I saw it was a pair of footprints at the scene, the footprints were clear, in the bushes, they should have been stepped on after Yu Shen jumped down.
“Can you see anything?” Seeing that I didn’t say anything, Liu Hao hummed dismissively and snatched the photo back, “The footprints are too clear, it means he didn’t slide after he landed, he jumped down from that high place without falling, didn’t have short legs, and even kept his centre of gravity well.”
I beckoned, “Show me the photo again.”
Liu Hao said, “You won’t be able to tell anything by looking again. Zhang Chao, criminal investigation is not the same as you special forces, so don’t come and get involved.”
I ignored him, picked up the photo and looked at it again, pointed to an empty brown wallet on the ground and said, “Did you bring this back?”
Zhou Ran’s head came over and looked at it, “Of course, this is Brother Yu’s wallet.”
“Where is the wallet now?”
“In the physical evidence section, but what’s so special about this wallet? There’s nothing in it.”
“It’s a bulging wallet, how can there be nothing in it?”
“It’s just money in there.”
“About how much is there?”
Confused, Zhou Ran replied, “Two thousand nine.”
Liu Hao said impatiently, “Zhang Chao, don’t pretend to be a god, don’t tell me there’s anything wrong with two thousand nine hundred, no one would be without two thousand nine hundred.”
I said, “Really, then you should pay me two thousand nine hundred first.”
“You’re raising a bar aren’t you? I ……” He slapped both hands on his body a few times, pulled out his wallet and was about to take the money when he suddenly froze and came to a sudden realization.
Zhou Ran pushed Liu Hao: “Captain, what’s wrong, why don’t you say it?”
Liu Hao slapped his head and said, “Damn, I’m pig-headed, how could Yu Shen have two thousand nine hundred dollars on him. Who carries that much cash on them nowadays?”
“Maybe Old Yu he loves to carry cash.”
“He’s got the money and he’s off to give his mistress a present, so how can he have money in his pocket? I paid for the instant noodles he ate last week. Brother Li, find out where this money came from.”